How Zara, Gucci and Co. Think You Should Wear Floral Print

Floral print in spring: It's about as reliable as day following night. Every time this season pulls up, the fashion collective regroups, reevaluates and rethinks flower motifs for the new moment. Some years they are big and splashy, other years graphic or ditsy, and sometimes it's not just about the print but the way you wear it—like now. How to wear florals in 2016? Well, while dissecting the current verdant and varied offerings in stores today, we noticed the style memo is as follows: Wear two florals together at all times.

Whether that's matching your bag to your dress (see Alexander McQueen pre-fall), combining two entirely different petal patterns as a head-to-toe ensemble (Zara is maxing out on this) or pairing up a corsage with a printed blouse (think Gucci all the way), the way to make your spring flowers look fresh is to pair them up. Scroll down to see and shop the looks and pieces you can employ to give the new floral rules a go…